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For a list by height, see the list of mountains of the Alps. By descending to 1,500 m of prominence, this list includes all the Ultras of the Alps. Some famous peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Eiger, are not Ultras because they are connected to higher mountains by high cols and therefore do not achieve enough topographic prominence.
Relief of the Alps. This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft), all exceeding 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains are necessarily excluded for failing to meet the stringent ...
20 July 1901 G.B. and G.F ... Pennine Alps Alphubel south top Switzerland 4166 m ... Moran, Martin, The 4000m Peaks of the Alps: Selected Climbs, Alpine Club, ...
The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width.
Alps Italy France: 4,695 ... 20. Mount Kinabalu: Crocker Range, Borneo ... World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 ...
Spanish mountain runner Kilian Jornet has successfully climbed all 82 of the Alps’ 4000-meter peaks in record time, taking just 19 days to complete the remarkable feat. ... 2024 at 6:20 AM.
This page contains a table listing by elevation all 514 mountains of the Alps that are between 2500 and 3000m m high and which also have a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (984 ft). The list is a continuation of the List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m , which contains an introduction with statistics and an ...
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